Manuscript preparation
The 4th ATSS Workshop welcomes contributions within the scope and topics of the forum (please see CFP for details). While preparing your manuscript, please do follow the same formatting guidelines specified by IEEE ITSC2010 main conference. Authors can choose between long (up to 6 pages in length) and short (up to 4 pages in length) papers. During submission, long papers can be up to 8 pages, though accepted papers exceeding the 6-page limit will be charged by each extra page in their camera-ready version.
Further details on formatting, frequently asked questions and templates are available on the Conference Web site.
Manuscript submission
Contributions must be electronically submitted in PDF files only, through the EasyChair Conference System. To submit a paper:
- Click on the image below or go to http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=atss2010
- If you have an EasyChair account already, log into the system. Otherwise, sign up for an account
- Select the "New Submission" option on the menu bar
- Fill in the form with your paper details
- Upload the paper as a sigle file in PDF format
- Don't forget to select "Submit paper" in the end
Registration details are already available on the main conference Web site. Click here for more information.
Reviewing process
The reviewing process of contributions is certainly one of the most important aspects of building a strong, attractive and stimulating forum for practitioners and the scientific community. Each manuscript submitted to ATSS shall undergo a peer-reviewing process by at least three members of the Workshop’s International Programme Committee (IPC) to ensue accepted papers will be of great interest and motivate an open and broad discussion among the audience. Contributions will be reviewed according to their relevance to ATSS, originality and novel ideas, technical soundness and quality of presentation. Given the nature and aims of the forum, undergoing projects bringing into discussion state-of-the-art and cutting-edge ideas and novel trends are highly encouraged.
Papers may be accepted either as short papers or as long papers, and authors of accepted papers must follow and carefully consider reviewers’ comments, guidelines, and suggestions during the preparation of their camera-ready version for inclusion in the Workshop CD/DVD. At least one co-author of each paper must confirm registration at the main Conference and the Workshop, as well as the oral presentation during de event to ensure the paper will be considered for publication.
Publication
Accepted papers will be published in the workshop local proceedings that will be made available to attendees during the Conference in the ITSC2010 Workshops/Tutorials CD/DVD format (containing papers, videos, presentations, and other sort of media). After the ATSS Workshop, authors will be invited to revise and improve their papers, including comments and suggestions gathered during the forum, for inclusion in the book "Advances in ATS," to be published by Springer.